E.C. Murray

Born and bred in New England, I headed west - Ohio, Oregon, France, and finally Washington state. I spent many years working with people with developmental disabilities, married, raised my daughter, and returned to school to study writing. My memoir, set in the mountains of southern France, is "A Long Way from Paris," was named a "Kirkus Best Books of 2014."
Switching genres, I wrote the enthralling mystery, An Unfamiliar Guest, which readers have loved for its twists and turns. Additionally, I wrote two "tiny books non-fiction books"Life Kind of Sucks"unique art and short quips with good ideas of what to do on those "bad hair days, and "Writers Unblocked" with tops by some of Seattle's best authors. I publish a Website for aspiring and acc

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